tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
to fit (inside something)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
reading partway; leaving half-read
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
fair price; reasonable price
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
tax revenue; tax revenues
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to pour forth; to spill out
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to